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MEDFORD MATL TRTBTTNT3 M"EDFORD, OTJEOON, FRTDAY, JUNE 1, 1017
New Trial at Fall Term for Mrs. Gar
' wood Promised by Prosecutor, for
Alleged Conspiracy to Burn Down
Home In AshlanJ Must be Held
in Jail or Furnish $5,000 Bond.
Tim jury In the arson case against
II n. M. M. (iurwooil, after having had
the case under consideration for
twelve hours, reported into court be
fore Judge CulkliiR at 9 o'clock last
night that they were hopelessly dis
agreed, standing six for acquittal and
six for conviction. Judge Calkins dis
charged the jury.
County Prosecutor UobertB sayB the
cas9 will he tried agc-n at tho fall
term of court. In the meantime Mrs.
Garwood will ho held prisoner at the
county jail unless she can furnish
bond of $5000.
The inability of the Jury to reach a
verdict was not a surprise to those
who had closely followed tho trial,
despite tho fact that Mrs. (N'an Strlck
fadden and Mrs. Dreyfoos, alleged co
conspirators with Mrs. Garwood in
planning to burn the Strlckfaddon
house- In Ashland, had pleadod guilty
and testified against Mrs. Garwood.
Tragic ConstMiueiices.
Mrs. Garwood's trial was finished
late last Tuesday and was ejven into
the liiuuls of ilic jury which win ex
cused by JikIioi Cnlkins until !) o'clock
Thursday morning, at which hour tl:e
jurymen begun their deliberation of
tilo case.
Tins .Aslilum arson case was in
many ways one of the most sensa
tional niid ili-iiiniUiu in ihe history
of Ihe eounly. When Hie alleged prin
cipals in Ihe case plotted to burn Hie
bouse of Mrs, Ktrii-ki'mlilcn in order
to obtain Ihe insurance lillle dill they
think then of Hie Inigic conscfpicnces
that were In follow; that following
the fire all concerned would be placed
under urn-si ; Hint one would conuuil
suicide in jail, and Hint three others
would be facing penitentiary sen
tences today.
All their plans went wrong because
the Ashland fire department was loo
efficient mid iniiiisilive. The fire
men saved tile building from being
ii lolnl loss, Mini then in iiiveslig:iling
into Ihe cause of I ho blaze found nn
mislnkiible evidence that Ihe slrue
ture bail been set on fire.
Then Came. IH-noiicim-nt,
Then began a long invcstignti,,u by
(he insurance company and DKtricI
Attorney Koherls, assisted by Ihe au
thorities of l.une eounly, Assistant
Dish-id Attorney Uobinson of Port
land and Hie authorities of Seittlc.
Step by slep the plol was unfolded
and an unbroken chain of (he strong
est kind of eircmnslaiilial evidence
woven around the suspected persons.
r'innlly nil was ready for Hie do
nouiiieiit. Mrs. Strickfnddeii n tut
Mrs. rcyfn,-s were arrested in Se
attle. Mrs. (lurwooil and X. K. Hemp
hill of Mcdl'oiil who was in her em
ploy selling laud, were plncecf under
arrest at Kugeiii-, and were subjei led
lo a severe grilling separately for five
hours by Assistant District Attor
ney b'obiiison mid others, l-'iiiiillv
Hemphill broke down, it is claimed,
and made a confession which was
taken down in writing and was signed
by him.
Hemphill Kills Himself.
Several hours later, overcome by
remorse, mid feeling keenly Ihe
disgrace be had brought not only
upon himself but on bis iimticenl wit.-
mid children, mid lined weniv I rem
the severe ordeal he had iu-t -j-ril
thru, he wclcmiicil dnilb and coinuut
led suicide by MvnlltiwiiiL' a ilc.ullv
poison he had cimh-cuIciI eln-ut his
clothes. He was found (Iced i'l hi:
cell. Thus as a principal lie per
sonullv passed onl of lb i-e, but
echoes of his couucctiou with it h:ivi
continued on.
Mrs. liarwood, however, i
shaken by the secic grilling to which
she was subjected, mid curnctU pro
tested her innocence. She n, Im-iiulit
back lo .Mcdfotd, as were Mr-.. Strick
fiitldcn mid Mrs. Dre t'oos I ruin So
utile. 'I'iie two hitler were released
by rt miiicmlatioii nf District Attor
ney Kobciis on $L',,'i(itl bail. Mi
Dreyfoos, however, was held under
SCillllll bail as the aiilliorilics from tin
slarl regarded her as the ringleader
ill Ihe arson pint. She has been in
jail r-1 days.
llefuie Hie trial began last Mini-
day there was n well defined rumor
Hint Mrs. Slii-kl'iiddeii mid Mrs.
. Jlreyfnos would plead guillv when ar
raigned for trial and I be" would linn
Ntllle's eidellcc llltil tesllfv ni!;till
Mrs. (iarwond. Tlicrel'ore m-l much
Mirprise was ercaled lusl Mouda'
when llii-y Icslilnd ngaiiisl Mis. (lur
wooil on the wiliie-s stand.
lleglliulng of I'lol,
But now buck to ihe lirinnin;;.
It xeeniK Hint Mis. (larwood, who
was the represcnlative of a tonipanj
JURY IN ARSON CASE UNABLE
TO AGREE UPON VERDICT-STANDING
selling land in Washinglon stale, ne
companicd by Hemphill, a former resi
dent of Ashland and a former moving
picture theater operator at the Page
theater in this city, came to Ashland
last March mid opened up u land
selling office.
Mrs. Striekfmlden and Mrs. Drey
foos, her sister, had only returned
a short time before from another
state where they had been residing
for a year or more. They insured
the house after their return. It is
claimed they needed money badly.
Anyhow they culled at Mrs. Gar
wood's office (o see if she could not
sell the Slrickfadden house for (hem
As u result of Ibis call Mrs. (larwood
was invited out to dinner at the
Strickfnddeii home.
At that dinner, it is claimed by
both Mrs. Ktrickfntldoii and Mrs.
Dreyfoos that Mrs. Garwood suggest
ed, and Ihey so testified in court.
that they have the house set On fire;
that she said she knew- such n thing
was common practice in Seattle and
elsewhere to her personal knowledge,
and (hat many millionaires she know
of had resorted to such means to
niiso ready money.
, They also testified that Mrs. Gar
wood said she could get them a Se
attle man who would set fire to the
house for $lf0.
Keiidy for the- 1-lro.
More dinners followed until finally
the plop to burn the house for its
insurance was perfected, Ihe prose
cution claims. Mrs. Strickfadden and
Mrs. Dreyfoos testified that they
were (o pay over $100 in cash to the
Seattle man who was to be on the
depot platform at Grants l'nss on a
certain date; that according to Mrs.
Garwood's plan they would know the
man by the fuet that he would be
eating an apple; that they were to
later send Ihe rest of the ifloO by
mail lo Ashland.
They testified further that Mrs.
flarwood herself went over the house
mid fastened the blinds shut at the
windows, arranged the piles of kind
ling, etc., soiiked them with oil from
an that she herself had brought
to ihe house iinil otherwise made
ready for the touching of a mulch.
Mrs. Strickfadden mid Mrs. Drey
foos were lo go to Seattle several
days before the fire in order lo avoid
suspicion, they testified. On the way
to Scuttle, Mrs. Dreyfoos testified,
she got off al the depot and paid $100
to a man munching an apple. AJ'ter
caching Seattle they sent back a'
heck for .foil to Hemphill.
Mrs, Dreyfoos declared on the wit
ness sland Hint she had never seen or
met Hemphill ami that Ihe man ill
Grunts Pass was a total stranger to
her.
Court liars Confession.
Anyhow the house was set on fire,
investigation was made and Hm nr
resls followed in due course of time.
A factor which somewhat bcl'.igged
mil broke the apparently strong
chain of circumstantial evidence
against Mrs. Garwood was the fact
that the alleged confession of Hemp
hill at Kugeiie was not admitted ns
evidence in the trial bv ruling of
Judge Calkins, The intimation that
such n confession was in existence,
wns, however, freiiieiitlv referred to
by nltorneys on both sides.
The defense scored a point when
Attorney Gus Newbury bud aged
Mrs. Michnclson of Ashland placed
on the sland. She testified that one
day when she was in Mrs, Garwood's
office talking with Mrs. Dreyfoos
Hemphill eiilercd ami exchanged some
talk with Mrs. Dreyfoos, showing that
they were uciiiaintcd. She testified
further that Hemphill went In-hind n
-ereen and sat beside n stove, ami
that Mrs. Dreyfoos joined him back
,'if the, screen nnd talked vilh him
lor nl nut one hour.
Mills of Perjury.
In fact, much of the testiinonv was
contradictory all thru the trial and
frequent were the intimations of per
jury on the part of tiie principals
from both sides.
Mrs. Gnrwood made a splendid wit
ness both on direct nnd cross exami
nation,' even bringing forth from Dis
trict Attorney Huberts the compli
ment that she was a brainy, brilliant
business woman. She was self-possessed
lit nil times and denied the
truth of testimony nnd tho charge
against her in toto. Willi her books
and checks at hand she presented mi
npurciilly clear defense case, show
ing Hint all her transactions with Mrs.
Strickfadden mid Mrs. Dreyfoos and
Hemphill's connection with them, were
legitimate business transactions. She
explained why Mrs. Dreyfoos and
Mrs. Strickfadden hail given Hemphill
$100 lo bund her nnd of how and ,vhy
filly dollars more had been sent from
Scntllc.
Ai-Kiinicnts lteforo Jury.
Both in his opening and closing ad
dresses to the jury, District Attorney
Roberts, although complimenting Mrs.
Garwood's business ability and gen
ernl cleverness, ridiculed her expln
nations nnd intimated that she was
guilty of perjury. He ably summed
up; tho ease of circumstantial evi
dence mid claimed thut it was without
a flaw.
Attorney Newbury, with his back
against the wall, and at a great dis
advantage due to the fact that the
other two women had pleaded guilty
nnd testified against his client, in
his argument made n strong and im
passioned plea for Mrs. Garwood. He
derided tho testimony of Mrs. Drey
foos and Mrs. Strickfadden and the
claims that they and the prosecuting
attorney mnde. lie tore to pieces,
apparently, the fabric: of circumstan
tial evidence and made out that Mrs.
Garwood was the victim of a vicious
plot.
Newbury Makes nuii?;o.
Ill fact ho strongly conveyed the
intimation Hint the other two women
had been promised immunity or at
least leniency by District Attorney
Huberts ami Assistant Attorney Rob
inson of Portland if Ihey would plead
guilty and turn slate's evidence. He
also intimated that to save themselves
us much ns possible Mrs. Strickfad
den and Mrs. Dreyfoos-hnd conspired
to throw all Hie blame on Mrs. Gar
wood. He pointed out that the prose
cution hud failed to show that Mrs.
Garwood had expected to reap or did
reap any financial benefit from the
burning the house. "Then if she
is guilty ns ehnrged," he shouted, "did
she want the house lo be burned just
for (he fun of having it burn?"
District Attorney Roberts, in his
closing argument, again wove together
the cireiiuislanlial ehnin of evidence;
lore to pieces the intimations mid rea
soning of Attorney Newburv, and ve
hemently denied lhn( either he or any
one else hud promised Mrs. Strick
fudilcu or Mrs. Dreyfoos any immu
nity or leniency.
Who Set the Fire?
Judge Calkins' charge to the jury
was very brief, and then the badly
tangled up mess was handed into the
liiuuls of Ihe jury for straightening
onl, together with all Ihe documen
tary evidence in the trial.
And now that it is all over the
world will never legally know who ac
tually set Hie house on fire, or the
identity of the "man from Seattle."
The impiitulion rests tin a dead man
and his reported confession, which is
barred us evidence.
NAVAL BATTLE
RAX FHAi.VCISCO, June 1, Men
enrolled ill tho reserve officers train
ing camp at the Presidio hero wero to
day congratulating themselves over
tho fact that they will receive J 100
a month, according to announcements
read by company commanders late
yesterday. No date for t ho receipt of
the money was given, the announce
ment saying men would be given the
monthly wage "eventually.-
COPENHAGEN, June 1. The Ger
man newspapers art. nli printing ar
ticles on the naval bnttio or the Skag
errack, the impression being quite
generally expresed that a new battle
etween the British and German fleets
is a possibility in the near future.
German naval writers for some
time have been discussing the pros
pect of the British fleet once more
trying conclusions with Admiral Von
Scheer's armada. Many of the writ
ers have been governed by the preva
lent German skepticism regarding the
losses of British ships claimed by the
Gorman admiralty but denied by the
nrltish and without comment omit
ships like the Tiger, the Warsplte and
tho Marlborough from their calcula
tions of British losses. The German
admiralty, altho retaining the name
nt the Tiger and a battleship of tho
Queen Kllzabetb class, namely, the
Warsplte, on itB table of losses, mod
estly brackets them with the com
ment "denied by British admiralty."
The anniversary articles are also
Intended to arouse enthusiasm for tho
atlonal submarine subscription In aid
of families of German sailors lost In
submarine warfare.
engaged in clerical ciinaciues siiouio
claim exemption on the grounii mm
tbev are performing a service esseii-
CHICAGO, June 1 Considerable
discussion has resulted from the post
ing of a bulletin by K. W. Collins, su
perintendent of the Postal Telegraph
and Cable company offices here, in
the operators room, in which Mr. Col
ilines advises the company's employes
to nsk draft exemption. The bulletin
said in part: "Cable and telegraph
operators and linemen should claim
exemption on the ground that they
are performing a higher, more diffi
cult and more necessary service as
operators and linemen than .they
would perform ns soldiers. Kmployes
tinl to mi efficient conduct of the (-u
bio and telegraph business of thu na- J
tion." ' ,
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CAPITAL
$100,000.
The Liberty Loan of 1917
THE First National Bank is prepared
to receive subscriptions to the Liberty
Loan of 1917, and will accord the public
such information pertaining thereto as may
be desired.
WAR BOND TERMS
Denominations: $50, $100 and upwards.
Interest: 3'2 percent, payable semi-annually;
Payments: Divided Into four pe
riods from date of application to August
30. Closing date: June 15.
Member of Federal Reserve.
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Bell-ans
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. One package
proves it. 25c at all drurrprists.
We Save You Money on
DIAMONDS .
and
High Grade Platinum
and Gold Jewelry
These two arllcles are mlvnm'liiK In price conllnu
ully. lilninond as an investment aro conceded
next to war bonds. See our ring stock, 1.00 to
s.'.o.oo.
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QUALITY FIRST
Phone One-O. Mali us oiir wuiit..
VMtiirs .llnnjn Welcome.
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WHITE SKIRTS .
Just received a new line of the fa
mous "KoiTect" "Wash Skirts, best fit
ting garments made. Reasonably priced
at $1.98, $2.98, $3.98 and $4.98
pa eh.
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14-22 North Central
MEDF0RD, OREGON.
WHITE WAISTS
Another big sale of the famous
"Wirthmore" AVaists, many new styles
to choose from; the best waist
in the world for
SATURDAY SALE OF SUMMER GOODS
Get Ready for the Warm W eather Now While Stocks are Complete
Summer
Summer
Underwear
Women's Knit Vests in all
sizes, good qualitv, A a
each 1 1VC
"KayserV fine lisle "Vests
worth today 50c ; very 0 C
special, each dJC
Women's fine Union Suits,
vpvv special, QQp
each
"Kayser's band top",. Un
ion Suits, very spe- i?Q
cial, each vUs
"Kayscr's baud top" Vests
of fine lisle, very
special, each 0 Jv
"Athena" Union Suits,
the best fitting garment
made; very special, jgfj
Full line of "Kayser's"
Italian Silk Underwear.
yiMU'.'i.i.'iay
is the Faultless Child's Shirt
Double over abdomen; no belt or
pin or button; best qualities.
Ask about the safe and simple
Pinless-Buttonless Dressing of Baby
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We arc sole agents in Medford for "Vanta"
ments. Come and see them.
for
iar-
"Vanta" Binders for
29.
Babv Dresses, 49tf up
to $2.00.
Babv Bootese, 25
up to $1.00.
FREE Baby diaper and book on the "Care of
Babies," given away Saturday.
We arc sole agents
"Vanta" garments.
"Vanta" Vests on sale at
39S 59S 69? and 89.
"Vanta" Bands, 29 each.
"Vanta" Gertrudes at
69 and 89 each.
Hosiery
W omen's
Children's fiiA
white Hose, very
special, f Cp
paii- . J.WV.
W omen's and
C h i 1 d r e n ' s fast
black Hose,
special, pair...-l"2
Women's fine lisle
Hose in white and
black, spe
cial, pair....
Women's silk boot
1 lose, all colors,
very spe- PQp
cial, pair Vv
A new line of fan
cy silk Hose, just in
conies in all col
ors ; special,
pair
29c
' New Separate Skirts
More attractive than ever new models
constantly arriving; an appropriate model
for every occasion; smart plain styles for
business wear, fancy styles for wear with
dainty blouses. The prices are thelowest in
the city for garments of equal quality. They
come in checks, plaids, Roman stripes, both
in wool and silk. Priced from $5.18 to $15.
$1.25
New Summer Dresses. I
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made of voiles, linen suitings, pongees and
nianv other weaves; on sale from $6.9S up
to $12.50.
New Silk Dresses in up-to-date styles,
from $13.50 to $30.00.
New "Smocfe" at $1.98 to $3.50 each.
New Middy Blouses from $1.00 up.
Boys' Wash Suits, 69 up to $2.98.
Children's Wash Dresses, made of good
ginghams, from 69 up to $3.9S each.
PRINTED WASH BATISTE
1,000 yards extra fine grade of fan-
ev batistes lor summer dresses, in
ctripes and floral designs; on
sale Saturday at, yard
18c
EXTRA SPECIAL
25 new crepe de chine
Waists in white, flesh and
maize; on sale at, PQ QD
each $d.70
89c
SUMMER SILK SALE
Tub Silks, W2
inches wide, verv
Si:': $1.19
Fancy Silks and
Satins, in stripes
suitable for summer
skirts and suits, up
to 'i.'J") value's, spe-
vard.'.1 $1.69
"KAYSER'S" SUMMER GLOVES
W o in en ' s lisle
( ilovcs in all colors,
worth at todav's
Imported Pongee
Silk, worth 1.00;
special,
vard..! ..
Figured Pongee
Silk.spe- (Pf OA
cial. yard tfl.dtJ
White Corduroy,
for summer skirts,
special,
yard
98c
prices,
per
pair
Women's wash
able Chamoisctte
Cloves, in all colors.
special, worth up to 8-V;
25c jii-ijgc
CORSET SALE
69c
Women's good qual
itv coutil Corsets,
worth today $1.00;
very special,
pair
New ' Brassieres,
nicely trimmed with
lace or embroidery.
69c
New models in Dr.
Warner's Corsets at
$1.00 up to $2.50.
New front lace mod
el at $2.50.
Agents for the Red
Fern Corsets.
TUB SKIRTINGS
In fancy figures, Hfl inches wide.
very good for suits and sport skirts;
on sale Saturday at,
yard '
SILK RIBBON SALE
Wide Marie Rib
lions in all colors,
all silk, very special.
while they
last, vard..
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Wide Hair
bon, in all colors, &
also fancy designs;
uptooOeval- nr
lies- special,....
WHITE GOODS BARGAINS
nr-inch fine white
Fine Organdie for
s u in m e r dresses,
special, a
oard
Heavy Pique for
skirts, indies
wide, sjip
cial, yard
28c
39c
Voile, very
special, yard...
48c
White (iaberdine,
for skirts and suits,
28c
very special,
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